Shadowing Practice: Sound More Like A Native Speaker in English (4 Easy Fixes) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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The English you learnt at school may not sound very natural.
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In this video, I'm going to give you four tips to make you sound much more like a native speaker.
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Hello, it's Keith from the Keith Speaking Academy
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and the YouTube channel English Speaking Success here today to help you sound more natural,
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more like a native English speaker.
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OK, so today I'm going to show you four things that 80% of students don't get right.
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And these are the basics.
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OK, so if you fix them,
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you're well on the way to sounding much more natural and like a native speaker.
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A warning, this may seem too easy for you.
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It's not.
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Trust me.
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Okay.
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Look carefully and listen carefully and you're going to learn something new.
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This is ideal, whether you're A1,
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B1 or C1, it's going to help you right across the levels.
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Another warning is I'm going to use some strange pronunciation techniques, maybe.
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Be patient, trust me and just go with the flow.
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See what happens.
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Are you ready?
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Let's begin.
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Right.
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Number one.
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This is a.
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And when you're at school,
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you learn this is a.
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This.
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There are two animals, right?
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There's the snake that goes ssss.
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And there's the bee that goes zzz.
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This is the snake.
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This, this, is, is the B,
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is, is the B, is,
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is, is, is, the A is A,
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is, this is, this is, this is.
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Do you know this in English?
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Scissors, right?
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I guess because plural, because there's two.
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are scissors.
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Imagine it's singular, scissor.
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The scissor.
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Now say the scissor pen.
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The scissor pen.
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The scissor book.
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It's exactly the same sound.
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But your brain is going a bit mad,
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going the scissor pen, because it's forcing you to really listen to the sound.
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The scissor pen.
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This is a pen.
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It's the same.
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So this is the key.
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Really, really focus on listening to sounds rather than words.
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And this is from A1 to B1 to C1 because we use this.
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It's the most, probably the most common chunk in the English language.
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This is a book.
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This is a house.
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This is a beautiful house.
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This is a wonderful home you have.
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Oh, this is a great place for a picnic.
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This is a great idea.
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Oh, God, this is a hard question.
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Right.
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So get this right and you'll start sounding much more natural in English.
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Let's move on.
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And just a note, in the negative,
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this snake, s isn't, b isn't.
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So in the negative, this isn't a.
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Okay.
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This isn't a.
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And link it.
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This isn't a.
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This isn't a.
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This isn't a book.
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You know the word season,
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season, like spring, autumn, summer.
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Change season to si-zon, si-zon,
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si-zon, si-zon, si-zon-ta, si-zon-ta, this isn't a.
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Again, I'm driving you crazy,
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forcing you to focus on the sound with different words.
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The season, ta.
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The season, ta.
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This isn't a.
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This isn't a book.
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This isn't a book.
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This isn't a.
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Phone.
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Bam.
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Okay, good.
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Let's move on.
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Okay, number two.
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Are there any?
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That's okay, but not very natural.
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are usually becomes a, a,
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there any, the renny, the r,
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the r, renny, the renny,
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are there any people here?
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Are there any cars on the street?
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Are there any apples in the shop?
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Are there any themes that are standing out to you?
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Are there any distinct colours?
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Are there any distinct styles?
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The renny.
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The renny is interesting because there's a medicine in England called renny,
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the renny, the renny.
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Are there any?
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Are there any?
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And that's it.
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Are there any people here yet?
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And the answer also has the link there are, there are.
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There are lots of people.
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There are two people.
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There are.
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There are.
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There are.
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That's it.
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There are lots of people.
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OK.
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The one situation where it's not a is when you say, yes, there are.
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And are is at the end, right?
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So you ask, are there any people?
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Yes, there are.
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Then you would use the full form.
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Yes, there are.
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There are lots of people.
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In the negative, we've got, there aren't any.
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So there are in the positive, but there aren't, aren't.
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A bit like your auntie Charlotte or your auntie Mary.
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They're aunt.
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And again, the R is there.
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They're aren't.
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Ra, ra, ra, ra.
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They're aunt.
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And you can link the T and the A.
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They're auntenny.
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Listen carefully and repeat with me.
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Any.
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Tenny.
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Auntenny.
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Rantenny.
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There aren't tenny.
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There aren't tenny.
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Because there aren't any.
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Brilliant.
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Let's move on.
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Next, I want to show you the invisible sounds that often appear with many question words.
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This is very common when a word ends in a vowel sound and the next word begins with a vowel.
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So see if you can hear the invisible sound.
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I'll say the phrase like a book and then I'll say it more naturally.
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Where are you?
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Now listen for the invisible sound.
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Where are you?
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It's the r.
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Where are you?
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Where are you?
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Most people don't even use or say the R.
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Change this, it'll make a huge difference.
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Where are you?
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Okay, listen to the next one.
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Who are you?
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Altogether, more naturally, who are you?
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Can you hear the invisible sound?
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W, W.
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Who are you?
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Who are you?
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Who are you?
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Most people say, who are you?
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Who are you?
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So who are you really?
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Who are you?
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Now you can hear it, right?
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Next one.
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How are you?
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More naturally, how are you?
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You get the invisible sound?
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How are you?
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It's the same, right?
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How are you?
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How are you?
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One more.
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Why are you here?
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More naturally.
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Why are you here?
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Can you hear the invisible sound why are yah yuh yuh
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it's the yuh why are you here why are you here why are you here it's very subtle
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but it's yuh it's there
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if you start noticing this listening to it hearing it you
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can start pronouncing it you're going to a sound a lot more natural.
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Next.
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Right, I'm going to look at losing sounds.
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One particular example where the sounds change and we lose a sound.
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Such a common phrase.
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Does he?
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So if we're asking questions about another person,
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you know, does he live in England?
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Does he, and this is the way we learn at school,
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however, the H or the H of he usually disappears in more natural English and it becomes does zee.
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The z, the s is the z, the b.
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Does zee.
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Look at this.
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Do zee.
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Do zee.
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Do zee.
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Right?
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Forget about the h.
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Does he?
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Does he?
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Does he live in England?
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Does he like potatoes?
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Right?
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So there we have it.
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Some unusual pronunciation techniques to help you sound more natural in English.
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Your action point today, number one,
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go back, listen and repeat these sounds again.
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Secondly, you can also shadow,
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which is repeating at the same time some of the phrases from this lesson that will really help you.
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Thirdly, as you start listening to English,
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see if you can notice more invisible sounds appearing or sounds disappearing as you listen to English.
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Hopefully, you'll start noticing this more and more.
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If you want to go a step further
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and really work at sounding much more natural with your pronunciation and intonation in English,
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you can check out my Fluent Grammar course.
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you can check that out in the description below.
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In the meantime, thank you so much for listening and watching me today.
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I hope you've learned something new and I can't wait to see you very,
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very soon, maybe in the next video.
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All the best now.
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Bye-bye.
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Thank you.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “Sound More Like A Native Speaker in English”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: sound, English, scissor, natural, renny. Deze video bevat 228 zinnen en 1309 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 11:42. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 112 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 82% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken. 49 van de 228 zinnen zijn vragen, dus het is goede oefening voor vraagintonatie en korte antwoorden.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| scissor werkwoord | /ˈsɪzɚ/ | knippen |
| invisible bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/ | onzichtbaar |
| pronunciation zelfstandig naamwoord | /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ | uitspraak |
| vowel zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈvaʊ.əl/ | klinker, klinkerklank |
| scissors zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsɪzəz/ | schaar |
| disappear werkwoord | /dɪsəˈpɪɹ/ | verdwijnen, verzwinden |
| aunt zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɑːnt/ | tante |
| intonation zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/ | intonatie, zinsmelodie |
| plural zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈplʊəɹəl/ | meervoud |
| chunk zelfstandig naamwoord | /t͡ʃʌŋk/ | stuk, brok |
| pronounce werkwoord | /pɹəˈnaʊns/ | uitspreken, verklaren |
| singular bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈsɪŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/ | enig, enige |
| picnic zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpɪknɪk/ | picknick |
| meantime zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈmiːntaɪm/ | ondertussen |
| altogether bijwoord | /ɔl.tuˈɡɛð.ɚ/ | geheel, totaal |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| check out werkwoord | onderzoeken |
| go back werkwoord | teruggaan |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- Altogether, more naturally, who are you?
- Can you hear the invisible sound?
- Most people say, who are you?
- More naturally, how are you?
- You get the invisible sound?
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 44 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals isn't, aren't, I'm. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De “th”-klanken: thirdly /ˈθɚdli/, altogether /ɔl.tuˈɡɛð.ɚ/
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, intonation /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: invisible /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, intonation /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/, altogether /ɔl.tuˈɡɛð.ɚ/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: singular /ˈsɪŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/, altogether /ɔl.tuˈɡɛð.ɚ/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als scissor, invisible, pronunciation.
Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?
Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.